Health and Consumers Health and Consumers Better Training for Safer Food BTSF Nicholas Stinton Fish Health Inspector The Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science, Weymouth 1 The Practical Implementation of Biosecurity on a Fish APB in England and Wales.

Health and Consumers Health and Consumers  Sites must be authorised to operate before commencement  Conditions of authorisation specific to APB and the activities undertaken  All authorised APB’s required to operate in accordance with an approved Biosecurity measures plan  Ultimate sanction is removal of authorisation to trade The Aquatic Animal Health (England & Wales) Regulations 2009.

Health and Consumers Health and Consumers 3 Waterlane Fish Farm EW02-L-975

Health and Consumers Health and Consumers Multiple species reared including both salmonids and cyprinids.  Production: 30t salmonid, 5t cyprinids (2011)  Facilities:  Hatchery - Cyprinid  Ongrowing - Salmonid (raceways/concrete ponds)  Ongrowing - Cyprinid (earth ponds) 4 Reared Species

Health and Consumers Health and Consumers  Inlet: River water from adjacent small river with significant seasonal flow variation.  Outlet: water after going through settling ponds is discharged back into the river.  Site subject to major but infrequent flooding. 5 Water Management

Health and Consumers Health and Consumers  Facilities are completely covered by predator netting.  Access is limited to authorized staff and approved visitors  Maintain farm screens to prevent movement of fish into and out of site.  Drain, clean and lime earth ponds between batches where possible.  Disinfect fish transport vehicle and associated equipment before an after every delivery 6 Biosecurity Measures (main)

Health and Consumers Health and Consumers Daily detailed records of biosecurity operations:  Movements onto and off site  Stock health inspections and mortality records  Stock treatments  Transport records 7 Monitoring and Data Records

Health and Consumers Health and Consumers  Article 9 : Good hygiene practice Member States shall ensure that APB’s implement good hygiene practice as relevant to the activity concerned to prevent the introduction and spreading of disease.  UK interpreted Good Hygiene Practice as Biosecurity Measures. Council Directive 2006/88 8

Health and Consumers Health and Consumers Guidance Books 9

Health and Consumers Health and Consumers Minimum Requirements 10

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Health and Consumers Health and Consumers 12 Fin Fish

Health and Consumers Health and Consumers  Risk based inspection programme of visits to all APBs  Validation of data held  Checks to verify APB operating in accordance with their BMP  Warning letters and enforcement notices issued where non conformances identified Compliance

Health and Consumers Health and Consumers  Forced all APB’s to think about their risks.  Understanding and willingness linked to Impact of disease  Impact of control measures.  Communication amongst staff and common sense carry far more weight than a large document which will “gather dust”…. Tim Small Lechade 2009 Outcomes 14